But no matter how troublesome it was, they still had to exchange salt.
Salt could make the tribesmen stronger, prevent them from getting sick, and preserve food … The Big Bear Tribe could no longer do without salt.
Since that was the case, they had to find a new tribe that was willing to exchange salt with them. Even exchanging salt with the Qingshan tribe was possible.
Xiong He said his thoughts.
Xiong Qi said unhappily, "Chief, they killed our tribesmen, and we still have to exchange salt with them?"
The tribe that occupied the Qingshan tribe was called the Giant Tiger tribe. It was said that the chief's beast form was a very powerful saber-toothed tiger.
When the people from the Big Bear Tribe went to exchange salt, they did not know that the Qingshan tribe had changed people, so they were polite. In the end, the people from the Giant Tiger tribe attacked them without saying a word and killed a few of them.
Those people were brought by Xiong Qi, and many of them had a good relationship with him …
Xiong Qi, who had just praised Xiong Ye's garland, immediately became angry when he heard Xiong He's words.
"The Giant Tiger tribe occupied the Qingshan tribe, so they should have obtained their salt exchange route … If we don't exchange salt with the Giant Tiger tribe, which tribe can we exchange with?" Xiong He said.
"We can go around the Giant Tiger tribe and exchange salt with the people from the Giant Tiger tribe!" Xiong Qi said, "Or we can exchange with the Little Creek tribe who exchanged salt with us last time."
After they were attacked by the Giant Tiger tribe, they exchanged salt with the Little Creek tribe, which was not far from the Qingshan tribe.
"That's fine." Xiong He said, "As long as we can exchange salt."
Xiong Qi said, "I will lead the team this time, I will definitely exchange salt back!"
"We need more salt, and it would be best if we have a stable exchange route." Xiong He said.
"No problem!" Xiong Qi said.
"Who is willing to go this time to exchange salt?" Xiong He asked.
Previously, Xiong Qi and Xiong Ye went hunting together and were injured, but they were only superficial wounds. Recently, he had been eating and drinking well every day, so his injuries were much better. The exchange of salt would take ten days before they set off, so he was still leading the team.
Except for him …
Xiong Ye, who wore the garland that the priest gave to Zhou Ji, stood up, "I will go too."
Zhou Ji's expression changed.
Xiong Ye's injuries were much more serious than Xiong Qi's, especially his broken leg.
Although Xiong Ye had been recuperating well these past few days, his injuries might not be completely healed in another ten days.
Of course, Zhou Ji's expression changed mainly because the salt exchange team was in danger.
At this moment, Zhou Ji regretted letting Xiong Ye recover too quickly.
There were quite a few people in the tribe who were as enthusiastic as Xiong Ye. After Xiong Ye's response, several more people volunteered to trade salt. Most of these people had no burdens in their families, and some of them had experience trading salt before. Niu Er was one of them.
Xiong He said, "Alright, I'll discuss it with the priest and choose a few people."
The tribal meeting ended here. After it ended, Xiong Qi found Xiong Ye. "Xiong Ye, are you really going? Exchanging salt this time is different from the past … "
In the past, even if they met with danger, it wasn't too dangerous. However, it was different this time.
Everything they were facing this time was unknown. No one knew what they would encounter when the time came.
"Precisely because of this, I should go," Xiong Ye said. "I realized that I've become much stronger recently. With me around, everyone will be safer."
Previously, when the salt exchange team went to trade salt, Xiong Ye actually wanted to go with them. However, he didn't go because he had to hold a partner ceremony with Lion Li.
However, he was fine this time. Even if he was injured, he should recover in ten days.
Salt was a matter of life and death for the entire tribe. Xiong Ye felt that he should participate no matter what.
As for danger … Staying in the tribe and going out to hunt, they would still encounter danger. They did not stop hunting just because of the danger.
"You've become stronger?" Xiong Qi looked at Xiong Ye in shock. "Xiong Ye, you're really amazing. You've actually become stronger again. If this goes on, it won't be long before you become the strongest person in the tribe!"
Xiong Ye felt a little helpless — Xiong Qi really … No matter what, he would always praise him!
When he first heard it, he was a little embarrassed and excited. Now that he heard it, he felt a little awkward.
"Xiong Ye," Zhou Ji called. "Let's go back."
"Okay," Xiong Ye responded and followed Zhou Ji back.
Zhou Ji didn't even smile just now. He knew that Zhou Ji should be unhappy, but even so, he still had to go and trade salt.
Without salt in the tribe, there was no way to store food. Without food, how would they survive the winter?
If they couldn't even prepare food for the winter, then every winter, a group of old people and weak people would be eliminated.
That was why there were fewer people in the Ursa Major tribe. And Xiong Ye didn't want to see such a scene.
Speaking of which, Zhou Ji was also a weak person.
However, it was certain that Zhou Ji would be worried about him.
When they reached the cave, Xiong Ye said, "Zhou Ji, don't worry. I'm very powerful. I'll definitely be fine …"
"Not long ago, you almost got into trouble," Zhou Ji said.
"That was an accident … Actually, if there were more people, even if I encountered such a scene, I would still be fine," Xiong Ye said.
"You must go?" Zhou Ji asked again.
"I want to go." Xiong Ye was very sure.
Zhou Ji looked at Xiong Ye and knew that Xiong Ye was determined to go.
He didn't say anything, but took a pot and started boiling water.
Seeing Zhou Ji start boiling water expressionlessly, Xiong Ye felt inexplicably guilty and said, "Actually, accidents can happen anywhere … If I go to trade salt, I will definitely bring back a lot of salt … Do you have anything you want?"
Zhou Ji cut a piece of ginseng given by the priest and threw it into the water. He also threw in some herbs that he had found in the past few days.
Xiong Ye faintly felt that something was wrong.
An unpleasant smell wafted out from the pot. All kinds of herbs were boiled together, and finally, a large bowl of black water was boiled out. Zhou Ji scooped the water into the bowl with a long ladle and handed it to him. "Since you're going, you should recuperate and take your medicine!"
"You clearly said that I don't need to eat it!" Xiong Ye said. The herb called ginseng was given by the priest. On the first day, Zhou Ji boiled a bowl of water for him to drink. He felt that it was very unpleasant and didn't want to drink it. After that, Zhou Ji didn't let him drink it anymore and said that he could choose not to drink it.
But now, Zhou Ji actually wanted to let him drink it again!
Not only that, Zhou Ji also added some other messy things into the bowl!
When Xiong Ye saw the bowl of black stuff, he already wanted to avoid it.
"If you want to trade salt, shouldn't you recuperate your body a little?" Zhou Ji asked and pushed the bowl of medicine over.
Xiong Ye drank it in one gulp with a bitter face. Then, he felt a strange taste spreading in his mouth …
He looked at Zhou Ji expectantly — the last time Zhou Ji let him drink the ginseng soup, he also gave him a piece of candy.
It was said that the candy was made from the dried water of sweet stalks. It was very, very sweet. Unfortunately, Zhou Ji only gave him a small piece. Now …
Zhou Ji stuffed something into Xiong Ye's mouth.
Xiong Ye subconsciously tasted it and immediately frowned because of the sourness — it was really too sour. It was really too unpleasant to eat!
Zhou Ji didn't give him any candy. Instead, he gave him a very sour fruit!
Xiong Ye frowned because of the sourness.
The sky was already dark and the cave was very dark, but Zhou Ji could still see Xiong Ye's expression clearly. He sighed and stuffed a piece of candy into Xiong Ye's mouth. "Eat it."
Xiong Ye immediately smiled. Zhou Ji said again, "Sleep early."
Xiong Ye obediently got onto the bed. Feeling that Zhou Ji had also gotten onto the bed, he pulled him into his arms and went to sleep.
The next day, the weather was clear.
A few days ago, the tribe had picked up too much meat, so they didn't go hunting these few days. Even today, they still didn't go hunting — Xiong He led the people in the tribe and started to process the animal skins and various kinds of shells.
Dinosaur skin, the shells of centipedes, the scales of certain dinosaurs — these could all be traded for salt. A few days ago, they had picked up a lot of these.
Now, they had to organize these.
The people in the tribe were still busy. Xiong Ye dragged his injured leg to help. Seeing this, Zhou Ji went to the priest.
"The Beast Deity appeared in my dream last night," Zhou Ji said.
The priest looked at Zhou Ji in shock. It was already enviable for Zhou Ji to receive a gift from the Beast Deity. Now … Zhou Ji said that the Beast Deity appeared in his dream?
Why didn't he encounter such a good thing?
Why did Zhou Ji receive the Beast Deity's love? Was it because he was good-looking?
Or could it be that Zhou Ji was lying?
The priest frowned. "What did the Beast Deity say?"
"He said that our tribe will encounter some trouble soon, and he is willing to help … He let all the native eggs in the tribe ripen," Zhou Ji said.
"This … this is impossible!" the priest said. The Beast Deity was so busy, how could he care about their tribe?
"I don't know if it's true … Let's go outside the tribe to take a look?" Zhou Ji said.
Encountering such a situation, of course they had to go outside the tribe to take a look.
The priest led Zhou Ji out and said earnestly as they walked, "You did have a dream, but it might not be true. I once dreamed that I became younger, but it was all fake."
Zhou Ji didn't say anything.
The priest quickly brought Zhou Ji to the place where the native eggs were planted.
Their tribe said that it was planting, but they actually allowed the native eggs to grow as they pleased. In the past, they didn't even apply any fertilizer, causing the native eggs to grow smaller and smaller.
Recently, under Zhou Ji's suggestion, they did apply some fertilizer to the native eggs, but they still didn't grow very well.
At this moment, when Zhou Ji and the priest went over, the members of the gathering team were pulling out the weeds — this was also Zhou Ji's suggestion.
"Priest, why are you here?" The leader of the gathering team was a little surprised to see the priest.
"I have something to do," the priest said. He didn't mention that Zhou Ji had dreamt of the Beast Deity — if he said this and found out it was fake, it wouldn't be good for Zhou Ji.
However, before the priest said anything, Zhou Ji said, "I dreamt of the Beast Deity last night. The Beast Deity told me that he made all the native eggs in our tribe grow up."
The leader of the gathering team: "…"
The leader of the gathering team: "Priest, if Zhou Ji said he wanted to fertilize and pull out the weeds, then we'll do it. It won't hurt the native eggs anyway, but isn't this too much nonsense? I've seen it just now, those native eggs are all very small! "
Recently, the priest thought very highly of Zhou Ji. Zhou Ji was in the limelight, but the leader of the gathering team still didn't like him very much.
Zhou Ji only moved his lips. They were the ones doing the work, so why did the priest only think highly of Zhou Ji?
Moreover, whether it was smoking meat or pulling out weeds, these might not even be useful!
Of course, the leader of the gathering team was unhappy, mainly because she felt that Zhou Ji was lying — she had seen it in the morning, those native eggs were still very small!
When the priest heard the leader of the gathering team's words, she looked at Zhou Ji helplessly. Zhou Ji just had a random dream and he took it seriously. This was really embarrassing!
Zhou Ji said, "I believe the Beast Deity."
Zhou Ji's expression was very serious, and the leader of the gathering team also became doubtful. But at this moment, Yang Ying said, "He's just spouting nonsense. Why would the Beast Deity go find him?"
After Shi Li left, Yang Ying and Yang Su's lives … were not bad.
Xiong He was too busy to take back their cave. These days, they had picked up a lot of meat, so everyone could eat to their heart's content.
But all this was temporary.
They knew that their future days were destined to be difficult.
Under such circumstances, they naturally did not like Zhou Ji — Shi Li had been taken away by Zhou Ji's father!
Of course, Yang Ying dared to say this now because she had just secretly dug out a soil egg that was only the size of a fingernail.
Previously, Zhou Ji had told the priest many things, and the priest had revealed a little to the people in the tribe, but not too much.
Firstly, it was still too short, so what Zhou Ji said could not be seen to be effective. Secondly, Zhou Ji himself was too lazy to say it.
At this moment, many people said, "Zhou Ji, everyone dreams, but you shouldn't take your dreams seriously!"
"Previously, you thought of smoking meat very well, but how can the native eggs grow in advance?"
"We saw it when we were weeding, they are still very small."
…
Someone even said to the priest, "Priest, even if you like Xiong Ye, you can't believe everything Zhou Ji says."
"I feel that Zhou Ji's idea of fertilizing the soil may not be right. Some places have been fertilized, but the native eggs have withered instead."
"Weeding is completely useless, right? The native eggs have always been growing with the grass. "
…
Recently, the priest had given them many tasks. It was said that Zhou Ji had discussed it with him … The members of the gathering team all had objections.
There was no point in pulling the grass … They could not bring it back to eat after pulling it out.
"The Beast Deity likes me very much, he would not lie to me," Zhou Ji said.
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